Am I the only Te Puke resident a little bit embarrassed that we still have a Christmas tree - albeit a metal one - blazing its Christmas lights every night – in May?

Now I love Christmas and love to see the tree up at Christmas and the new lights look lovely – actually I was the instigator of the Te Puke Trees - used to be two of them - many years ago as the town centre coordinator - and they went up early December and came down again in January.

I am unsure who looks after them or is responsible for the putting up and taking down, but I really think it's time to come down now, otherwise we are in danger of it being left up as only seven months till Christmas hohoho!

S Benning, Te Puke.